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Feel & Interpret
Before speed, you learn to feel what the car is telling you — and what every sensation means. That's the difference between guessing and driving.
Your next second isn’t hiding in your car. It’s in your driving.
1:1 NASA-certified coaching at Motorsport Ranch Cresson —
from your first track day through national-level competition.
NASA-Certified20+ Years CoachingSCCA Season Champion
- DFW · TEXAS
THE CHASE
Every driver hits a plateau.More laps won’t break it.Being shown what you’re actually doing will.
Jon rides in the passenger seat and tells you what’s happening while it happens. Between sessions you sit down and check it against the video and the data. Feel it first, then prove it — that’s the whole method.
WAYS TO TRAIN
Find your gap. Build your plan.
First Track Day
Never driven on a track? Start here. 1:1 NASA-certified coaching in your own car — what to expect, what to bring, no experience needed.
Read the guide
The DATL Method
How the coaching works: feel first, data second. In-car instruction with video and telemetry review to find your gap and close it — at your pace.
See the method
Arrive & Drive
No car needed. Drive our race-prepped Porsche 987 — coaching, telemetry, helmet and fuel included. Just show up and drive.
See Arrive & Drive
STUDENT RESULTS
Where drivers find their lap time
You don’t have to take my word for it. This is a driver I’ve coached at Motorsport Ranch Cresson — and the data-backed method behind the lap time that followed.
THE COACH
Jon-Eric Fountain
I’ve spent over 20 years training elite athletes. I learned how to develop an individual — how to assess where someone is, how they learn, how to communicate, how to meet them where they are.
On the track, I’m an SCCA Time Trial Season Champion — and I got there from complete novice in 18 months. As a coach, I’ve helped advanced drivers hit personal bests in remarkably few sessions.
Identify the limiter. Apply the right input. Build the change until it’s natural. Stack the gains until your race weekend stops looking like the one before it.
- 20+ years coaching athletes
- SCCA Time Trial Champion
- Novice to Season Champion in 18 months
- Advanced drivers to personal bests
THE DATL METHOD
Feel first. Data last.
Great drivers are built on awareness, not spreadsheets. Our five tenets — Feel, Interpret, Analyze, Test, Repeat — turn what the car is telling you into lasting speed. Data is the scalpel at the end, not the axe at the start.
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Analyze & Test
We observe your inputs and the car's response, then change one thing at a time and evaluate it. Video and telemetry confirm what your senses already found.
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Repeat
Progress comes from repetition with intention. We stack the gains until podiums stop being a surprise.
READY TO START?
Bring your car or use ours.
We’ll handle the rest.
Pick your session, car, and date on the booking page — it takes about a minute. Prefer to talk it through first? Call or text.
FREE — BOTH OF THESE
The prep checklist — and Jon’s read on your driving
The Prep Checklist + Jon’s Driver Assessment.Every tire, fluid and torque check he runs before he grids up — plus his read on what’s costing you time. He replies personally.